Only watch for special effects

Rating: 4/10 (13 July 2013)

This is a pretty bad movie. The acting is horrible but it is tough to tell because the movie is so poorly written. If it were just that the characters are as flat and predictable as a bad children's film then we could forgive it. I might even be able to forgive if there were just the major plot holes. However, they decided to break one of the cardinal rules of science fiction writing, which is "be consistent." To the extent that one can figure out the plot, there are huge problems with what is happening and why. The weapons and abilities of the robots and monsters seem to change based on the whim of the CGI animator. You have to wonder if anybody saw the entire movie script or plot line before the movie was complete.
Finally, there are the pointless back story and side stories. When you're group is the only hope of stopping the end of the world, I'm pretty sure that nobody is going to put up with people who waste time on political infighting and alpha male dominance.